Fog, clouds and rain for this afternoon

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a few showers with numerous thunderstorms developing during the afternoon hours. High around 70 ºF. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a low of 48 ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 97%, the dew point is 55ºF and outside it’s  55.6ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0. MPH and 0.1 MPH, with a heat index of 56ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.68 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:57 a.m. Sunset is 8:16 P.M. Moon rise is 12:27 a.m., Moon set is 1:13 p.m., and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 50% illuminated.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport this morning is:

SPECI KAUG 011056Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC002 12/11 A2987 RMK AO2 T01170111

Visibility is 3.0 Miles / 4.8 Kilometers with overcast up above this fog to 200 ft / 60 m. 

We received 0.12 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, with more for this afternoon. Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 344 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

There is no recipe for today.  I’ll give your diet a break.